Texas & Region

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has moved into a $309,950 home in Texas, raising questions about the small restitution payments he’s making to the city.

Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and resigned from office as part of a plea deal in 2008. A judge found he had lied at a civil trial in a lawsuit that cost Detroit $8.4 million.

The former mayor has been ordered to pay the city $1 million and still owes more than $860,000. He went to jail in May 2010 for failing to disclose assets that could have reduced that amount.

The Detroit News says Kilpatrick is now making restitution payments of $160 a month.

A Kilpatrick attorney, Daniel Hajji, says it’s not clear how much the ex-mayor is paying in rent.

ATHENS

The remains of a Korean War veteran have been finally laid to rest in his East Texas hometown more than 60 years after he was declared missing in action.

The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports that Cpl. Benny Rogers was buried on Saturday in Athens amid a sea of flag-waving veterans, supporters and family members, some of whom recalled his mother’s anguish over the unknown whereabouts of her “good son.”

Rogers’ remains were recently found in North Korea and confirmed through enhanced DNA testing.

His family last heard from Rogers in a letter he sent to them on Oct. 30, 1950. Three days later, the 20-year-old soldier was caught in the Battle of Unsan, which claimed the lives of more than 1,000 soldiers.